雅思閱讀模擬題：錢幣.

　　下面為大家整理了一篇雅思閱讀模擬題，是關(guān)錢幣的。這篇雅思閱讀模擬題的內(nèi)容非常完整，后面附有相關(guān)的題目和詳細(xì)的答案解析。建議大家在參考這些雅思閱讀題的時(shí)候，可以限定時(shí)間來(lái)做，這樣就可以對(duì)自己的做題速度有更大的提高了。

　　In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more ficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters. It was then that the question of payment arose.

　　At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough. But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.

　　Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money. In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells lt when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.

　　練習(xí)1 Exchange of goods became difficult because _________.

　　A: man became more civilized

　　B: smiths began to look after land or cattle in their spare time

　　C: more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values came to the marker

　　D farmers hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers

　　2 Money was not used until _______.

　　A: paper was invented

　　B: people practiced a simple process of exchange

　　C: nothing could be offered in exchange

　　D: the exchange of one thing for another became too complicated

　　3 The best title for this passage is _____.

　　A: What is money

　　B: What are money’s functions.

　　C: The importance of money

　　D: The beginning of money

　　注釋：

　　1 stage 階段;時(shí)期at an early stage in our history

　　在我們的歷史早期

　　(前面與the連用)演員生涯;劇院工作;戲劇工作 行程，旅程

　　to travel by easy stages 從容旅行

　　2 content n.內(nèi)容， 容量， 目錄， 滿足adj.滿足的， 滿意的， 愿意vt.使?jié)M足

　　以上就是這篇關(guān)于錢幣的雅思閱讀模擬題的全部?jī)?nèi)容，在做題之后，大家可以適當(dāng)?shù)膮⒖家幌逻@些答案，對(duì)于自己不是很清楚的部分，對(duì)文章進(jìn)行更加詳細(xì)的分析和整理，對(duì)于提高大家的雅思閱讀水平有非常大的影響。